RCGA’s Fleming assumes chairman spot of Washington, D.C. nonprofit

Dick Fleming, president and chief executive of the St. Louis Regional Chamber and Growth Association, is taking on another leadership role.

Fleming has been elected as chairman of Partners for Livable Communities, a Washington, D.C.-based organization that promotes the quality of life, economic development and social equity of communities. Members include state and city politicians and business leaders from across the country.

“Partners’ mission is a very unique one — joining regional competitiveness, economics and amenity,” Fleming said in a statement Thursday. “At a time when virtually every city and region are fiercely competing for talent, livability is a critical variable for every community’s success.”

Fleming has served as the president and chief executive of the RCGA, the economic development organization for 16 counties in the St. Louis region, since 1994.